Advances in Oncology reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide practicing oncologists with the current clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes. A distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. Leonidas C. Platanias, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in oncology inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.
Contains 25 articles on such topics as adaptive radiation therapy: MRI-guided or CT-guided; neoadjuvant treatment strategies in gastrointestinal stomal tumors; treatment advances in small cell lung cancer; sexual health following diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic cancers; neurocognitive outcomes for childhood cancer survivors; targeting IDH in gliomas; the role of allogeneic stem cell transplant for elderly leukemia patients; bladder-sparing approaches in muscle-invasive bladder cancer; and more Provides in-depth, clinical reviews in oncology, providing actionable insights for clinical practice Presents the latest information in the field under the leadership of an experienced editorial team. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews
SECTION I: RADIATION ONCOLOGY Adaptative Radiation Therapy Low-Dose Radiation Therapy for Benign Musculoskeletal Disorders SECTION II: SURGICAL ONCOLOGY Neoadjuvant Treatment Strategies in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump Therapy in Unresectable and Resectable Liver Tumors Contemporary Approaches to Adrenocortical Carcinoma SECTION III: MEDICAL ONCOLOGY State of the Art Therapy for Recurrent or Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Integration of Early Palliative Care in Personalized Cancer Care Treatment Advances in Small Cell Lung Cancer SECTION IV: GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY Emerging Therapeutic Targets for Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer Sexual Health Following Diagnosis and Treatment of Gynecologic Cancer SECTION V: PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY Oncofertility in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients: Current Practice and Future Directions Subsequent Malignant Neoplasms in Childhood Cancer Survivors: Identifying Risks and Screening Recommendations Neurocognitive Late Effects Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Holistic Review of Clinical Risk Factors SECTION VI: NEURO-ONCOLOGY Treatment of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Mutant Gliomas Exosomes in Glioma: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Potentials Maximal Extent of Resection, Including Supramaximal Resection, for Diffuse Gliomas SECTION VII: HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY Will Triplet Therapy Become Standard of Care in Acute Myeloid Leukemia? Current and Future Approaches for the Treatment of Plasma Cell Leukemia Germline Testing in Hematopoietic Malignancies: Whom to Test, When, How, and Why SECTION VIII: URO-ONCOLOGY Bladder-Sparing Approaches in Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Adjuvant Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Current Landscape and Future Directions Poly-ADP Ribose Polymerase Inhibitors and Combinations in Metastatic Prostate Cancer SECTION IX: GASTROINTESTINAL ONCOLOGY The Potential Role of Circulating Tumor DNA as a Tool in the Management of Gastrointestinal Malignancies How I Treat Advanced Biliary Cancer Disparities Along the Cancer Care Continuum: The Role of Social Drivers of Health on Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Director Leonidas C. Platanias works at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, USA.
